<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>pardon me..external drives is what I've been talking about here..sorry, I wasn't specific. I have now had 8 external drives, ALL without fans, all seemingly doomed to cook themselves to death prematurely.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I always provide adequate space around the drives for airflow, and always set them up according to manufacturer's suggestions.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>nk</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 14, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">All hard drives are built without a fan.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The fan is only added when the<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">drive is put into either a computer's case or into an external drive<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">case.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The MTBF rating from a manufacturer either doesn't take into<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">account how the drive will be mounted, or it assumes a certain level of<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">available cooling.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>